![]() ![]() Gyasi's depiction of the women's dungeon at Cape Coast Castle is repulsive, and purposefully so. This unflinching depiction of ancient and contemporary racial issues makes the story vivid and powerful. The author does not play down or glorify any aspect of slavery, and is just as unsparing in her descriptions of prison labor and race-based discrimination by potential employers and romantic partners. in the morning.she wakes to fresh pain and festered sores" (p89). ![]() comes back with the roots and leaves and salves that are smeared into Ness’s back as she slips in and out of consciousness. For example, when Ness is harshly whipped by her plantation master for something she didn't do, Gyasi describes: "She is beaten until the whip snaps off her back like pulled taffy, and then she is kicked to the ground. ![]() Gyasi shows this by not holding back in her depictions of violence, especially that done by white men to black characters. In Homegoing, Gyasi shows the brutal way African and African-American people have been treated by white Westerners throughout history as Esi thinks, "white men smiling just meant more evil was coming with the next wave" (p56). ![]()
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